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The Texas Supreme Court on Friday said it will again hear arguments in the nearly 15-year legal battle over accusations that Exxon Mobil Corp.

DIMOCK, Pa. -- More than a dozen families have filed suit against one of the nation's largest natural gas drillers after the company polluted their water wells in northeastern Pennsylvania.

Refineries from New Mexico to New Jersey are under severe economic pressure because of falling demand for fuel, with a number of facilities shutting down in recent months.

WOODSIDE Petroleum says costs on its Pluto liquefied natural gas project off Western Australia have blown out by up to $1 billion.

Tennessee Valley Authority's top executives were told Thursday during a meeting in Kentucky not to expect performance bonuses this year because of a drop in electricity sales due to the poor economy and the massive coal ash spill at the Kingston plant in Tennessee.

The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission has unanimously approved the sale of Dominion Peoples, Pittsburgh's largest natural gas utility, to a San Francisco-based investors group subsidiary.

Federal regulators have authorized Entergy Corp.'s utilities in two states to leave a multi-state agreement - a move expected to save money for ratepayers in Arkansas.

An arbitrator has awarded a woman nearly $3 million to settle her claims that she was raped in Iraq by a State Department employee in 2005 while working for a former Halliburton Co.

The Lower Colorado River Authority board approved four drought response measures Wednesday.

Oil prices slipped below $79 a barrel Thursday amid mixed signals over the strength of the global economic recovery.

Xcel Energy has reached a $136 million settlement in its rate case with two of the groups that opposed the utility's initial $182 million request, according to Public Utilities Commission filings.

A Logan County teenager faces charges in connection with the vandalism of a transformer that left nearly 5,000 customers without electricity for almost 24 hours.

Environmental activist and motivational speaker Erin Brockovich was instrumental obtaining the largest toxic tort injury settlement in U.S. history with the case against Pacific Gas and Electric and since then has encouraged people to stand up and make a difference.

Natural gas shipper and power producer TransCanada Corp. is forecasting major growth between now and 2013.

Niko Resources Ltd. , a Calgary company that operates in Asia, says it has struck deals to acquire Black Gold LLC, its partner in all of the Canadian company's Indonesian offshore energy properties.

An administrative law judge has approved a proposal by an electric utility serving northeast Oklahoma - including the Tulsa area - to collect a bit more money from most customers for a year.

Former Vice President Dick Cheney is taking sides in the volatile race for Texas governor Tuesday, endorsing Republican U.S. Sen.

Entergy Mississippi Inc. says its electricity rates could be 11 percent lower during the first three months of 2010 than they were for the same period this year.

Nov. 17 -- Richard Kelly, chief executive officer of Xcel Energy Inc., talks with Bloomberg's Lindsey Arent about the company's plan to add $1 billion a year in spending for renewable energy.

The Hispanic College Fund and UNCF - the United Negro College Fund are accepting applications today through Feb.